PODCAST INTERVIEWS / ARTICLES
THE OP - OPERATOR GRETCHEN WARTHEN APR 2024
CINEMAPODGRAPHER - LADY CAMERA GUY WITH GRETCHEN WARTHEN, SOC MAR 2024
AART: THE PODCAST ABOUT WOMEN IN VISUAL ARTS - GRETCHEN WARTHEN OCT 2023
SAID AND UNDONE - BEHIND THE LENS WITH LADY CAMERA GUY JAN 2024
FEMME REGARD PODCAST - BECOMING THE OFFICIAL LADY CAMERA GUY DEC 2023
“There’s a certain assuredness one has on a sound stage with a script, AD’s, the glam squad, and craft service. It’s a much different realm than the documentary world of far off travels where life is vastly foreign to ours here in the States.”
“Rachel Mason explores and pays tribute to the legacy of her porn-shop-running parents in this very funny, very moving documentary.” - Hollywood Reporter
“Over the course of a single unscripted series like The Real World, I can log more hand-held footage than a narrative operator will shoot in an entire career. These are key skills I bring from unscripted to narrative.” - Gretchen Warthen
“A breathtaking documentary.” - People Magazine
“A well balanced camera build is the key to stable shots and fewer injuries. To know if a camera is well balanced, an operator should be able to simply let go of the camera and it should not fall forward, backward, or sideways off the shoulder. “ - Gretchen Warthen.
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“Not just a story about one neighborhood, ‘East LA Interchange’ is a funny, insightful and poignant documentary that will transform how you think about living in the United States today.” - Huffington Post
“Admirably avoiding postcard shots, writer-director Wendy Jo Carlton and cinematographer Gretchen Warthen make practical use of these locations. The setting is always waiting, the lighting is always natural, and there are so few extras wandering around that there can be a little skinny-dipping.” - Robert Ebert
“I would like to leave the legacy that working in the dialogue-driven, single-chance-to-capture-the-shot world of reality and documentary series is a massive skill set, and women are perfect for this genre.” - Gretchen Warthen